Traumatic Brain Injury. According to TBI Recovery Center (2006), "TBI is any injury to the brain caused
by trauma to the head. If there is trauma to the brain, but the skull is not broken,
the TBI is known as a closed head injury. If an object penetrates the skull and injures
the brain, the TBI is known as a penetrating head injury." There are several different
types of TBI such as Concussion, Skull Fracture, Contusion and Hematoma (TBI Recovery
Center, 2006) that may result in: